קָרוּכִין, (sing. a. pl.) (carrucha, carruca) travelling and state carriage. Tanḥ. B’shall. 18 מעשה … ועברה קרובים וכ׳ (corr. acc.) it happened to King Shabur when he passed there (in the desert of Kub), that one of his carriages passed and a serpent swallowed it, a second &c.; (Yalk. Ex. 255 שיירה); Y. Shebu. III, 34ᵈ חיויא … בלע כרוכין Ar. (ed. קרונין, corr. acc.) the serpent, in the case of King Shabur, swallowed camels, swallowed carriages; Y. Ned. III, 37ᵈ קברין (corr. acc.). Y. Shebu. l. c. אנא חמית משך … ק׳ דמלכותא I saw the skin of a serpent that went on (was used as a cover for) the royal carriage; Y. Ned. l. c. בדיויין למלכותא (corr. acc.). Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ bot. עד שהגיע לק׳ שלו until he reached his (Nicanor’s) carriage; Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ top לקרובין (corr. acc.); Meg. Taan. ch. XII. Gen. R. s. 8 למלך … שהיו בק׳ Ar. (ed. בקרונין, corr. acc.) the king and the viceroy were in a carriage; Koh. R. to VI, 10; Yalk. Is. 261 (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 16 ומלאו כל הכ׳ דם Ar. (ed., v. קָרוֹן) all the carriages were filled with blood; Yalk. Lam. 1033, sq. קרוקין. Num. R. s. 23, end בכורכין (corr. acc.), v. יָקר; a. fr. (corrupt קרובין, קרונין).